Dispatches from the Rare Book Trade

Dispatches from the Rare Book Trade

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Dispatches from the Rare Book Trade
Dispatches from the Rare Book Trade
A periodic essay on rare books, bookselling, and book collecting, used as a hook to interest folks in my newly catalogued books.
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